Not sure if bug or intended behaviour... In the specific instance of a category with auto-closing topics: [image] It would appear that if the topic starter is staff, then the auto-close message at the end of the topic is attributable to the topic starter, rather than @system. ...

Also you guys need to cut Jeff some slack! Discourse is very complexly built so no attacker can ever use a bug to do harm anytime ever! No Way! So if a highly skilled hacker can't know how it works, how would Jeff know?

Yes, spammers won't have bots register accounts that sit for a bit without posting once, then try to post a ton of messages in a burst to try and bypass any "new user" limits. Never been thought of, they won't do that, so it's a wonderful idea to only block them on the first day.

One of the paragraphs in this post is completely sarcastic. Feel free to guess which one.

Why can't I close topics? I rose to the rank of a leader. I am able to rename topics (even the ones other people created). I can move topics to categories I didn't even know existed before.
But I can not - for SOME reason - close topics? Not even the ones I created?
What is closing my own topics a barrier to?

It's not like Discourse makes these things easy to see. I searched for it for about 3 minutes and then gave up. I actually didn't even want to close a topic. I just wanted to know how to if the need ever came to be.

I quoted the current title of this thread. Someone (who may or may not be blakeyrat) is apologising for editing this thread. I too edited this thread and wanted apologise in case anyone got offended. Because I'm a wuss and that's how I roll.